Straw Geometery

Description:

• Research, design, and build various geometrical shapes. "Buckyballs," for example. (These are nanostructures.)

Members:

• Research Team:

Current Tasks:

1. Get straws donated (fast-food restaurants)
2. Buy pipe cleaners

Preparation Information:

Here's a link to some instructions on how to build a BuckyBall out of paper: http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/kroto/buckyball.pdf. This is one that you have to buy, but the images are good: http://www.creative-science.org.uk/c60model.html.

Materials Needed and Cost Estimates:

Straws
Pipe cleaners
Wire cutters
Scissors